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COM1055 Web Design 1 and COM2055 Web Design 2 Assignments

Design Portion (70%)

Create a single “personal portfolio” web page at your school google site. Start with a design from an appropriate portfolio template. Create navigation links to show off your favorite online content, designs, blogs, art, photography, etc. Focus on content that relates to your career/educational goals. Include material you would be proud to attach to your résumé. Include a link to your blog sitemap.

Create a blog on the school blog site. Choose a theme with customizable features (ie header image and custom colors), customize your sidebar widgets, embed a document(pdf or doc/docx) using the Google Doc Embedder plugin, embed a video clip from youtube using Mr Sader’s video embed plugin.

Create a flash-based site at www.wix.com for an imagined purpose – for an imagined client.(Tip: use only Safari in the MacLab. LOL)

Written Portion (20%)
Write a post in your blog discussing the features of each of the 3 site building methods – pros and cons. Discuss elements and principles of design. Identify content-related features. Identify methods of creating navigation links. Identify the purpose and audience of each site. Insert an image, discuss methods of including other forms of media – documents, audio, video – in each site building method. Identify changes, updates, edits, tweaks you’ve made to the default designs. Identify areas that need change. Include screenshots of each of the three site building methods.